THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with WARREN ZEVON! I was remiss in failing to mention that some of Zevon's best known albums were re-issued last week, along with the fine live LP, Stand…
Read MoreROBYN HITCHCOCK and the EGYPTIANS play "I Got A Message For You," "Uncorrected Personality Traits" and "Listening to the Higsons" at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit Michigan on April 7, 1988. Robyn…
Read MoreTHE APPLES IN STEREO have a new animated video for "Can You Feel It?" Chock full of ad references; the Maxell man makes a cameo. KEITH RICHARDS, LORD of the UNDEAD: His secret…
Read MoreBREATHE: The Shins covered the Pink Floyd classic at the Kentish Town Hall last week. The Jeffito blog has posted a Floyd gig from 1975, which you can stream via the ol'…
Read MoreTHE DECEMBERISTS frontman Colin Meloy cites a fairly obscure song by Robyn Hitchcock, "The Ghost Ship," as a major influence on his songwriting. So it's no wonder that Meloy was all smiles…
Read MoreWILCO plans to stream the upcoming Sky Blue Sky in its entirety for most all of Sunday, so if you missed it before, here's another chance.
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BEAT FARMERS! This more sober than usual, professionally-shot, early BF gig was recorded at Universal Studios, including "There She Goes Again" (VU); "Road to Ruin," "Bigger Fool,"…
Read MoreTHE POLYPHONIC SPREE play "Hanging Around The Day" at the blogger-curated Hot Freaks show during SxSW (via Stereogum). It really picks up at about the 1:45 mark. Here's their best-known track, "Light…
Read MoreSHOW YOU HOW TO FAX IN THE MAILROOM, HONEY: You've seen 'em play in the lobby. You've seen 'em play in a crowd. Now see The Arcade Fire in a freight elevator, then…
Read MoreELTON JOHN TURNED 60 on Sunday, and I overlooked it. Granted, Reg Dwight is hardly the hippest thing on today's musical horizon. Nevertheless, he and Bernie Taupin wrote some fine songs in…
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